Hellobee Boards

I've never heard this! But, I've never had as much water to drink as I need to. I average about 80 oz a day on a good day.

i aim for 64 oz. I EP, so I can easily see what I pump every day and in the 9.5 months I've been EPing, I've found the singles greatest determiner of how much I pump is how many calories I take in.

When I was pumping the most, I was easily eating >3500 a day. Now I'm tracking my calories and eating 1800 NET calories (deducting the 20 cals/oz my body burns while pumping--so I'm actually eating quite a bit more that 1800 cals a day), and STILL my supply is dropping a bit.

If I were breastfeeding, I'd have no clue that my calorie intake has such a drastic effect on my bm production.

I make great milk and drink 120+ but golly I have to eat a LOT! Like @Anagram: I find it is all about that. At first I ate 5000 then 4000... now I am eating 3-4000.

curious so I googled it - looks like too much water can reduce potassium levels which effects BM output BUT if you are getting potassium from food then the additional water wont effect you!
Interesting!

If I don't get caught up in being busy, I can drink a gallon & a half of water a day. But I usually average a little less than a gallon because I forget to fill up or get distracted when I go to do so. I don't really know if it affects my supply as I've always drank a lot of water but I have heard this before.

Interesting I've never really had any trouble and on a normal day I average about a gallon of water.